Zoladex injections at home?

Hi Pipro. I have Zoladex for prostate cancer. The injection places a small pellet in your stomach. It may be different for your cancer. It always has to be done by a specialist nurse so I would be surprised if they would let you do it yourself. You sound like a brave person offering that so good luck.

Can a nurse pop in and do it for you?

Hi, I have zoledex for my endometrial sarcoma. You cannot do it yourself. It is not a little injection, it is an implant that goes into your tummy. I have mine done by the nurse at my doctors surgery. 

Well I now look forward to my not small injection tomorrow then.lol.thanks for your reply x 

Sorry I didn’t mean it to sound like that. I just meant you can’t do it yourself.  You’ll be fine, I’ve been having mine for  5 years now. If you don’t already, you can ask for a 10.8 mg dose that you can have 12 weekly instead of monthly. Good luck for tomorrow x 

I know you didnt...I was only joking . It was nice of you to take the time to reply..I will see what my oncologist says tomorrow..she was a bit vague about it all on monday..its not a good time to be starting treatment unfortunately..hope you are having a nice evening. 

Hi Pipro, how was it today ?   X 

Hi. It was fine thanks. The injection was a little bit stingy but not too bad. Will go back to the hospital in a month for the next one. 

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Hi I have a friend who does this (post treatment) but I have not got my clinic to agree it yet for me, as they still need to first check your bloods & immune system are ready, to ensure that its safe for you to administer the injection. 

Just saw this follow up, so a little behind!

You can also ask for numbing cream, and put it on for at least an hour before the injection

The nurse that did mine sprayed my stomach with numbing spray and it wasnt too bad..I did swear a little bit tho....